Photos of our Paris Apartment

We just moved in last week and have been busy getting thing organized. Rennovation organized by Adrian Lees were completed before we arrived and we’re very pleased by them. More on the process of buying the apaprtment later.

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Bike Trip in Périgord (Apr 2011)

We are planning a bike trip in the Perigord region in April. This is rescheduled from Oct 2010 which we put off because train strike made it almost impossible to get there (or back) Continue reading

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Route Planning in France

This post contains some notes that might be of interest to people planning a bike tour in France.We spend  a fair bit of time in paris and have our own bikes here so I will not address bike rental in this post. Continue reading

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Bike Trip to South of Paris

This trip was organized at the last minute when it became clear that strike action would prevent us from getting a train to start the planned Perigord trip.

The Route

We started south from Paris with no particular destination in mind. The route below is being developed as we go and depends on whims, hotel possibilities and weather. The distances shown in the table are sometimes less than the actual amount we actually did due to side trips and occasional wrong turns. Continue reading

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Bike Trip Paris to Metz – Sept 26 to Oct 1, 2009

I am biking from Paris to Metz for the General Navereau school reunion. The route is described here and I will add notes as the ride progesses as long as I can get an internet connection at my hotel. Continue reading

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A Visit to Corsica

We have taken a week away from Paris to visit Corsica. Marilyn will undoubtedly write lots but here are some photos from the first day in Bastia

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Our Stay in Paris – Oct 2006

Our apartment

Here is a link to our apartment. It’s fairly small so we’ll have to keep ourselves somewhat neater than we normally would, but it’s more than adequate compared to some of the hotel rooms we’ve had through the week (and for much higher prices). Continue reading

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Bike Trip from London to Paris – Oct 2006

Doug and I traveled by bicycle for an entire week, from a village about 1 hour southwest of London to Paris, usually by small roads and villages but sometimes bypassing some pretty freaking big cities!! You can see a selection of Photos here. Continue reading

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